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CITY TEAMS, Ja LEFT | IN SEMI-FINAL

First: Batch of Ups of Upsets ‘Crops : Qut in State as Field Is Cut to 256.

BULLETIN At the end of the first half, Decatur Central led Washington 26 to 13, in the first semi-final game of the sectional this after‘noon at the Tech Gym.

By J. E. O'BRIEN

~ One Marion County and ' three Indianapolis high school basketball teams remained today where once there were 16 as the whittling process continued in the sectional tourney

at Tech's gym. By nightfall another two of this surviving foursome—Decatur Central, Washington, Shortridge and Manual—will have joined their fallen companions. Over the state, the first batch of upsets cropped out last night and a few big names were missing from the list of 256 quintets which continued action today to determine the 64 sectional winners. Jeffersonville bowed to New Albany; Muncie Central was humbled by Burris, home-town rival; Kempton thumped Tipton: Elwood was humbled by Pendleton; South Bend Washington tripped Mishawaka and Emerson of Gary was dropped by Horace Mann, Gary. Hawks Go in Second Period

In this afternoon's games here, Decatur’s ccunty champions were matched against Washington at 1:30 o'clock, and Shortridge was to take on Manuals Redskins an hour later. The title go is scheduled for 8 this evening. The four semi-finalists definitely | showed their superiority during the second round which started yesterday afternoon and stretched well into the evening. Washington, perhaps, had ' the toughest going of the four, but at that the Continentals won over Warren Central, 33-24, and were in little danger after the start of the second half. Coach Burke: Anderson’s Hawks from Decatur Central found their footing in the second quarter against Southport and pulled away from the scrapping Cardinals. The ~ final score was: Decatur Central, 38; Southport, 22Looks Like Dark Horse

Favored by the draw, Shortridge had .a regular field day against Castleton and might even have played the student manager if he had been certified. The Blue ~ Devils rode to a 66-16 triumph over the Comets, who still had something to treasure last night in their 27(Continued on Page 10)

STEAM BLAST BURNS

organization was

HOPEDALE, Labrador, March 2 (U. P.).—A party of men set out from this coastal fishing town today to examine a cabin, 23 miles back in the wild interior, where three gallant men are dead. The bodies in the cabin are those of two lumbermen, G. H. Davidson and J. C. Cote, and their airplane pilot, Joseph Fecteau, who disappeared last Sept. 12 while surveying timberland. They were found by James McNeill, one of the hardier trappers of the region, who had ventured out

Note Found on Dead Man’ s Chest Tells How 'Gallant Three' Died in Snowbound Cabin

ahead of spring ‘through the still drifting snow to come here for supplies. He brought this note, which he had found pinned to one of the bodies, believed that of Mr. Davidson, a prominent Montreal business man: “To the Finder—This $180 is the money of three dying men and belongs to you. nearest wireless or telegraph office and report to the Government that you have found our bodies and the plane CF-BND, last in September on the Northwest River. “The plane rests safely on the

Go at once to the

shore of a large Jake poriliwest of here about two miles, Have the message sent to the Government at once.’ Be sure and report at once. “Any other expense you have will be paid to you. Come back here at’, once and guard our bodies and. the plane, and keep faithfully the box containing our ‘letters to our family. “An airplane will come and’ take us to Montreal. “Guard- everything well. You will be paid for your work. Show this to the operator. Relay the news to. the Government at once. Do (Continued on Page Three).

NEW NNUTT RUMORS FLY

{One Hints He’ll Run for Governor, Another Concerns Vice Presidency.

By NOBLE REED Democratic politics in Indiana have become a merry-go-round of rumors that have the observers, even the experts, throwing up their hands in general dilemma. The rumors, some of which persist despite unofficial denials. have been running somewhat like this: 1. That Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt will withdraw from the Presidential race and and run for Governor of Indiana again.’ 2. That Mr. McNutt will take the Vice Presidential spot on the. national ticket if President Roosevelt decides to run for a third term.

Schricker Discussed 3. That Peters, Indiana FHA director, for the gubernatorial nomination.

4. That Lieut. Gov. Henry PF. Schricker has gained such headway

in his race for Governor that he

can't be stopped. 5. That an unknown “dark horse” will be rushed in the last minute as the gubernatorial nominee. 6. That the McNutt-for-President engineering a] movement to “draft” Dr. Edward C. Elliott, Purdue University President, to run for Governor. 7. That the McNutt forces had abandoned the Dr. Elliott boom and

rurning Samuel Jackson, Ft. Wayne attorney, for the spotlight.

Rumors Are Conflicting

8. That the Democraiic machine was having so many internal troubles that it couldn't ever be oiled up enough to unravel the organization knots. 9. That the Stafe organization has more harmony than ever but is merely withholding its fire until President Roosevelt decides about

FOUR NYA WORKERS

Four young men working on 3 Coleman Park NYA project were! burned slightly on their faces today - when a radiator exploded in the | shelter house. The four. taken to Methodist Hor. | pital, were: James Davis; 20, of 537 8. West St.; Norman Hager, 19, of | 403 W. McCarty St.; Joe Garland, ‘18, of 814 N. Belmont St.; and Howard Cope, 18, of 833 Buchanan St

Sergt. Carl Elder heard the explosion shortly after 9:15 a. m. Alonzo. Walton, 38, of Carmel, Ind. the project ' foreman, told .Sergt. Elder -steam had backed into the radiator after the fire in the boiler was extinguished. The Park’s shelter -house at 2535 W. Michigan St. i boing built through the NYA project.

UTILITIES DROP TO NEW LOWS FOR YEAR

Utadty stocks drifted to new lows for the year at New yo today because of uncertainfi®s surrounding the Securities & Exchange Commission’s integration of large utility holding companies. : . Otherwise the market was irregular in quiet trading. Domestic | corporation bonds were mixed while | foreign loans and U. S. Government issues made small gains. Grains sold cheaper at Chicago and cotton {s lower at New York. Hog prices® ‘Indianapolis were the same as yesterday.

ENGINEER, STRICKEN AT THROTTLE, DIES

George V. Lucas, 3803 S. Ewing Ave., was seized with a heart attack late yesterday as he piloted his Big Four Railroad freight engine into Sheldon, Ill, and died a few minutes later. He was 65. Mr. Lucas was born in Lebanon, Ind., had lived here 32 years and was employed by the railroad for 30 years. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle: three sons, Charles, William and ' Walter; three daughters, Mrs. Juanita Porter, Mrs. Katherine B. Be-| hymer and Marjorie, all of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Jennie ‘WashInd.

burn, Lebanon, and seven

grandchildren.

DRIVER GETS AROUND

Charles Porter of Danville, Ind, parked in four different illegal parking places in Indianapolis yesterday, police said, and paid fines totaling $18 in Municipal Court 4 today. Judge pro tem Edwin K. Steers levied a fine of $2 and costs on each offense but suspended the

yvhad been

running again. And so the rumors circulate end- | {lessly with no one claiming to know ‘what actually is going on. In the last analysis, State House icbservers claim that the big thirdterm question mark just about has |the party leaders on the ropes. With the State Democratic Coni vention only four months away, the voters are beginning ‘to wonder what's what and who's going to run against who.

17 TARDY AUTO 6 BUYERS ARE FINED

City Court Imposes $5 Fines, Police Coritinue Drive.

Tardiness in obtaining 1940 license plates today cost 17 motorists $5

{fines in addition to the regular plate

fee. . Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem. Edwin K. Steers fined each $5 and costs and suspended the costs. “You were supposed to get those plates by Jan. 1,” he told the motor-

ists, “Then the Goyernor was kind enough to give you a two-month extension. There can be ho excuse for nct having new plates.” Nineteen drivers had been ordered to appear. Eighteen of them showed up. Miss Vera Jones, 1564 Park Ave., was excused when she said she had left her plates at home. A re-arrest order was issued for a man who didn’t appear. If arrested, he will be placed under $100 bond. In the other Municipal Court, where Judge Pro Tem. Edwin MecClure was presiding, one man was fined $2 and costs, the costs suspended. The City Police push against the late buyers continued in full swing. Up until 6-a. m., 29 parked cars pounded. Ten more were hauled to the garage today, four of them ‘from the vicinity of St. Clair and Alabama Sts, When they appear at Police Headquarters to claim their cars, the motorists are arrested and charged with displaying improper license plates. Each must pay a

{$1.50 hauling fee and show he has!

Hew y plates before he can get his

‘ANGEL’ SAILS FOk FRANCE

NEW YORK, March 2 (U. P.).— Mrs. Kathleen Burke Hale of Los Angeles, who was known in the last war as the “Angel of France,” sailed again today for that country on the Italian liner Conte di Savoia to survey conditions. Mrs. Hale raised four million dollarsufér the American Friends of France in the last war and served conspicuously as a

the State organization has about decided to back R. Earl

was looking at the prospects of k

Cupid Slowed

With rhythm in her soul-—in-herited from her showman father, George M. Cohan--Mary Cohan eloped with George Ranken, an accordion player in the night club where she works. In Pennsylvania the pair ran into a three-day marriage law, so Miss Cohan returned home to think it over. She eloped with a banjo player 12 years ago and later divorced him.

VIEHMANN GETS

INSURANCE POST

New State Commissioner Rose From. Office. Boy. to Head Own Firm.

Frank J. Viehmann, who worked his way up from office boy to the presidency of his own insurance company here, today began his duties as Indiana Insurance Commis{sioner. He was appointed to the post by Goverror M. Clifford Townsend I yesterday, - succeeding George H. | Newbaver, of Hartford Ciuy, who died a week ago. Mr. Viehmann, who is president of the F. J. Viehmann Co., insurance and real estate agency at 243 E. Ohio St., was sworn into office by Judge H. Nathan Swaim, of the State Supreme Court. Educated in Indianapolis’ South Side grade schools, Mr. Viehmann was forced to leave classes follow ing the death of his father and he continued his education in night schools. He began his insurance career as office boy in the old German Fire Insurance Co., and worked there until it was sold in 1912. He then worked for the Fletcher Trust Co. and later was on the staff of the Lorenz Schmidt & Sons insurance agency until he joined the U. S. Army during the World War. He returned to the Schmidt firm and formed his own company in 19217. Mr. Viehmann has been active in Democratic party work for many years but never held a public office. He is a member of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, the Emerson Post of the American Legion, Knights of Columbus, Hoosier Athletic Club and Our Lady of Lourdes ‘Catholic Church. He. is married, has two children and ‘lives at 10 N. Riley Ave.

F. D. R. CRITICAL OF CANAL FUND CUT

ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL EN ROUTE WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt declared today that Congress must assume full responsibility for ’lany consequences resulting from drastic cuts by the House Appropriations Committee in funds for a third set of Panama Canal locks. The President said at a press conference that Congress is fully within its rights if it chooses to delay a year in providing funds for a third set of locks for the canal. But, he said, the delay should not be camouflaged under the pretext that the funds were deleted because the army is moving forward too fast with canal Ipproyement plans.

‘HERE’S COMPETITION FOR SANTA CLAUS

MARSHVILLE, Wis, March 2 (U. P.).—Watch out, Santa Claus, Ind.! You've got competition. Postmaster A. H., Scheibe announced today that the Postoffice Department had stamped its “okay” on his plan to salvage the Marshvil'e’ postoffice, which took in only $350 last year. Effective July 1 Marshville will become “North Pole, Wis.” So anytime ‘after July 1 the

him to drop his opposition to the

PLOT ON HATCH BILL REPORTED

Minton Says Foes Consider Anti-Lynch Tie-Up to Kill Measure.

By CHARLES T. LUCY , Times Special Writer : WASHINGTON, March 2-—An attempt to sabotage the new Hatch “clean ' politics” bill by amending it to include the anti- -lynching bill and thus invite a filibuster—was reported under consideration today. The bill extending provisions of the 1939 Hatch Act to employees of state and local governments paid wholly or partly with Federal funds will reach the Senate floor Monday. The original ‘Hatch Act bars Federal jobholders from participating in political management or political | ‘campaigns. |

payment months of next year.

Grand Jury

|$100,000CUT ADVOCATED IN RELIEF BONDS

C. of C. Tells Ho How Center Twp. Issue Can Be Slashed; Mueller Economizes.

A recommendation that the proposed $498,000 bond issue for Center

this “Township. poor relief be reduced .1$100,000 was made today by the Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee.

. The Chamber also advised a $5000

cut in the proposed $52,000 bond issue for Wayne Township relief.

“The Center Township issue was proposed to pay relief bills until the spring installment of taxes is distributed, and to provide a balance for of bills the first few

In its report, the chamber recalled

that the township’s proposed $1,664,000 relief budget for 1940 was _|slashed 30 per cent last fall by the Tax Adjustment Board.

Inquiry Halted Issue Earlier At that time, the report said, steps

had been started for a $325,000 bond

issue, but during the subsequent

“As a result,” the chamber stated, “available revenues for financing direct relief this year are less by

the amount of the proposed bond:

issue than anticipated at the time the County Tax Adjustment Board and the State Tax Board fixed the property tax rate.” Meanwhile, Henry Mueller, the present Trustee, has reduced the estimated 1940 relief expenditures

Senator Minton (D. Ind.), leader, ' from $1,664,000 to about $1,355,000.

of the fight against the new legis- | lation, scuttle the Hatch Bill by offering | the anti-lynching rider had been| considered. He declined to say such action would be taken, but conceded | that it was “possible.”

Filibuster Possibility

If the anti-lynching bill Were. offered as an amendment, this amendment would become the sub-

Presumably this would lead to a! filibuster by Southern Senators. Senator Minton today defended the right of government workers to be active politically. , “It may be necessary to resort to drastic tactics to bring about a showdown on the Hatch Law,” he said: - The Senator said hé: favored curtailing even the present law and permitting Democratic officeholders in Indiana and elsewhere “to take an active part in politics just -as other citizens do. ‘If men connected with the government are not equipped to take part in. politics, who is equipped to do 0?” Mr. Minton is said to believe that the Hatch Law would curtail collections of the “Two Per Cent Club” by which Democratic activities have been financed in Indiana.

VanNuys Action Reported

It was reported that Mr. Minton’s colleague. Senator VanNuys: (D. Ind.), chairman of the .Senate Judiciary sub-committee in charge of the anti-lynching bill. had urged |

Hatch amendments, and that he opposed - tactics which ‘would take the anti-lynching measure from his committee. With Senator Wagner (D. N. Y), Mr. VanNuys. was co-author of the anti-lynehing legislation. Other Senators were reported ready to attack the new Hatch legislation on the ground that it violates states’ rights. Despite this opposition, Senator Barkley (Kentucky), Senate majority leader, has predicted that the new Hatch amendments would pass. Some of the support for extension of the ban on jobholders’ political activity to the states is expected to come from Senators who are opposed by State House machines free

to electioneer.

Republican support for the measure also is expected.

POPE GREETS MRS. TAYLOR VATICAN CITY, March 2 (U. P.). —Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt’s special representative at the Vatican, presented his wife to Pope Pius in a 20-minute private audience in the Pope's private library today.

night were ‘far above normal.

again. grees above normal for that hour of this day.

This estimate, together with

admitted that a plan to, $117,394 of 1939 claims unpaid at

this time, places. total claims of [around $1,473,000 on the township for 1940, the chamber report con-- | tinued. Terms Deficit as Alternate “To meet these obligations,” it stated, “only $1,258,000 appears to (be available from property taxes, special taxes and cash on hand. “The proposed bond issue of

Ject immediately before the Senate. 1$498,000 for Center Township then

would enable the township to clean’ up its current bills outstanding and | to end the year with a cash balance

of around $293,000.”

Without the bond issue, the township would end the year. with a

$200,000 deficit.

The camber, in proposing a $100, -

000: cut in the bond issue, commented. that a $293,000 balance is more than is needed, if the tax

review bodies next fall allow a levy sufficiently large to cover the 1941 estimated relief needs. The practice of issuing bonds to

cover a large portion of relief bonds|

has been practiced for years. Since 1934 these bond issues for the various townships have averaged more than a million dollars a year, the chamber reported.

RAIN ACCOMPANIES MILD TEMPERATURE

More Showers Due Tomorrow, Bureau. Says.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES Ga. m ...40 11a. m. ... 44 Tam :.. 40 12 (noon) ., 46 8am ,..42 1pm, . . 46 Sam ... 43 2pm ,.. 46 10 a. m. ... 44

Temperatures remained mild dur-

ing the second day of “unofficial” spring today. said that ‘occasional showers will continue tomorrow during colder weather, =

The Weather Bureau

the It was & balmy 40 at midnight and the lowest recorded was 37 at 3 a. m, after which the mercury started up The 40 at 7 a. m. was 5 de-

Temperatures throughout

The light rains washed away

cinders and other materials which had been strewn on city streets during the icy, snowy period to help vehicular traffic. paved streets, alleys and roads seas of mud..

But they left un-

investigation and |’ shake-up in relief administration, {the contemplated bond issue .was| | abandoned.

stand in an attempt to prevent a

east, and effected a landing on the an army communique said today.

ing of a successful defense.

Paakkolankoski waterfall area on

the city; the towns of Heinjoki, 15 ymiles east of the ¢ity: Mannikkala, in the same area; Tali, which is on the Viipuri-Lake Ladoga Railroad, and Cape Keijasniemi, on the western shore of -Viipuri Bay. “The comm thus indicated that. Viipuri was now invested fromr three sides—from ‘Tali, on the lake railroad; from the southeast, up the Viipuri-Leningrad railroad; from the south, up the coastal railroad, and from the west on the "lake shore, .

HELSINKI, March 2 (U. P). ~—Finnish troops northeast of Lake Ladoga have annihilated the 34th Moscow tank brigade, ‘killing 2050 Russians, an official communique announced tonight.

Vsevold Vishnevsky, a famous Russian writer and radio broad- | caster, in a radiocast from the front, ‘said last night that Russian sailors from the Baltic fleet had crossed the Viipuri Bay ice and landed on the Karelian Isthmus, supporting infantry, = Today's communique said that between Feb. 11 and March 1 the Russians had brought down. 191 Finnish airplanes and captured an enormous quantity cf war materials in -addition to 922. defensive : fortifications.

Helsinki Has Longest Air Raid Alarm of War HELSINKI, March 2 (U. P).— Helsinki had the longest air raid alarm of ‘the war today as the Finnish troops steeled themselves for a last-ditch defense of Viipuri, where the Russians rained shells on the

ruined city to cover attacks from the south ana southeast.

KILLED IN AUTO CRASH

LINTON, Ind. "March 2 (U. P.).—' Floyd Wright, 28, was killed instantly today when the automobile’ in which he was riding crashed in-' to the side of an Ilinois Central passenger train. Lloyd Roach, who was driving the .car, suffered only minor injuries.

Rumania Faces. Glorious Future if She

Can Avoid War, Ex-U.

By HARRY MORRISON Rumania, caught between the oil-greedy pincers of Germany and the Allied Powers, will rise to be-

come the greatest nation in Eastern

Europe if she can get through the ° present squeeze. This .is the opinion of Alvin. M. Owsley, Indianapolis attorney, wha was U. S. Minister to Rumania from 1933-35 and later served as U. S. Minister to Ireland and Denmark. : “Rumania always has played both ends against the middle and King Cavol will try the same tactics in the present crisis,” Mr. Owsley said. “If the country does get througi and either remains neutral or gets into the war on a quasi-belligerent hasis, she has prospects for a glorious future. “Rumania is a country about the size of the New England States and New York. She is an economic entity. She has food resources, forests, oil and other minerals. ; “1 have seen corn fields in Rumania as beautiful as any i've ever seen in Indiana, and you can put that down. The country has wheai

fields that spread like those in ou: own Middle West.” :

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S. Minister Says

“Add to this the benevolent treatment Carol has given the country since his second accession to the throne... He has governed more democratically than any other Balkan nation in the middle of a monarchical dictatorship.” Mr. Owsley traced the forward steps taken by King Carol in granting individual liberty in a country that ‘had never known it. He said youth movements had been organized, education fostered, the freedom of the church never touched. “Never for one minute underestimate Carol,” the former envoy declared. “Remember he is the son of Queen Marie, one of the smartest and most ambitious women ever to rule a country.

“He was expelled from Rumania when he was a young man. He’

Finns Abandon Helsinki Sounds Raid Alarms

MOSCOW, March 2 (U. P.).—Russian troops have entered the southern outskirts of Viipuri as others reached Tali, six miles to the

It was asserted that in operations! yesterday the Russians took the’

ithe Vuoksi River, 25 miles east of

The above map shows the Russian path of conquest to Viipuri (heavy arrows) and (he new lines where the Finns will make their

Soviet drive on to Helsinki.

Burning City;

Western shore of the Bay. of Viipuri,

Finns, it was charged, were setting fire to the city, ostensibly despair-

ATTACKED" SHIP IS FOUND SAFE

Zone Is Uncertain.

WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P), —The Navy announced today that

which last night flashed a submarine attack méssage had been: located and was in “no apparent danger.” The ship had been sought by a U. S. cutter, three Navy destroyers | and planes of the Navy's neutrality

| patrol 150 miles northeast of San,

Juan, Puerto Rico. Whether the freighter actually! sighted or was attacked by a submarine in Carribean waters well | within the American neutrality zone and not far from the route of] ‘President Roosevelt's recent cruise still remained a mystery. The "advice that the Southgate had been located was received by the chief of naval operations. It gave no details as to where the! Southgate was located. The Navy presumably had been unable to contact the vessel by radio because of the wish of the skipper not to disclose his ‘exact position if he were near enemy ships.

been found was sent by Capt. W. W. (Continued on Page Three)

NAZIS KILL BELGIAN PILOT CHASING PLANE

Protest 5. Lod Lodged = After Craft Is Shot Down.

BRUSSELS, March 2 (U., P.).— Belgium protested to Germany today after a German airplane shot down a Belgium military plane in southern Belgium, killing the pilot. An official Foreign Office communique, announci the protest, said that two othe elgian planes were damaged by a German Dornier17 which they were attempting to chase from Belgian territory near St. Hubert in Luxembourg Province. One of the Belgian planes was struck several times by bullets, a

second had the controls of its machine guns jammed and the third | was shot down, resulting in the

death of the pilot. The protest was lodged by Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak with German Ambassador V. von BulowSchwante. Luxembourg: Province, adjoining the grand duchy of Luxembourg, is in the, southern tip of Belgium.

Terrific’ Gunfire Heard Off Scottish Coast

LONDON, March 2 (U, P.).—Ter-

rific gunfire off the Scottish Coast

in the early. pots of this morning

the British freighter Southgate

World to Get Peace

Only on German

Terms, He Says.

BERLIN, March 2 (U. P.). —Fuehrer Adolf Hitler told American Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles today that the world may have peace on Germany's terms and was reported to have questioned the neutrality of the United States. Well-informed German quarters said that a considerable part of their discussion which lasted an hour and’ a half and during which Mr. Welles mostly listened, was devoted to Ger-, man-American rela‘ions and that as result the respective Ambassadorial posts in benin ana Wasiuuguwil : may be reoccupied. oe Both Ambassadors were recalled in the fall of 19:8, the official reasons being for consultation at home. Neither has returned. A Reliable informants said that during the conference, Herr Hitler told Mr. Welles that any European peace must be based substantially on Germany's acquisitions and a recognition of Germany's “natural”: spheres of interest in Central Europe. :

Hitler Takes Initiative

Herr Hitler was sald to have taken the initiative regarding the’ | attitude of the United States, ask--ing Mr. Roosevelt’s special envoy to Europe a number of pointed questions regarding the American attitude and its alleged Allied sympathies. He was reported to have said that in his view the United States was not * following a strictly neutral course and as result Germany found ! herself in a position where she must be wary of all democracies. Reliable informants said also that Herr Hitler gave Mr. Welles almost no hope that Germany might play any direct role in medjation between Russia and Finland because of Germany’s reliarice on Russian supplies in a probably Tong war.

" Recall Recent Speeches

The Chancellor was believed to have summarized his war aims or peace terms along the lines of pronouncements made in recent speeches. : He has proclaimed publicly that

Word that the Southgate had!

in addition to desiring to end “Brit"ish domination’ of Europe” the | Nazi regime intends to maintain | the frontiers which it has corrected | —meaning permanent inclusion in | the Reich's “living space” of Bohemia, Moravia, Memel, Austria jand most of Western Poland. He has made it clear that Ger- { many regards Central Europe as its own sphere of influence and only last Saturday, he indicated that | Germany's ambitions in. Central | Europe remain unsatisfied. Reports that Herr Hitler had indicated a German wariness of de=- ! mocracies presumably had _refer- | ence to condemnation of “aggres= - | sion” by President Roosevelt, Sec retary of State Cordell Hull and. other American leaders.

Centers Attack on Britain

Germany also was considered displeased by American shipments of airplanes and other war Supplies to the Allies. . Herr Hitler's tone was stern, ine formants said, in picturing an in-: ténsified war, for which Germany was fully prepared, and indicating a belief that no basis for peace existed, because Britain’ meant to crush "the German « nation and peonle. He was represented as having told Mr. Welles that Germany was fighting to provide a. stable basis for peace in Europe and to release the’ world from the “imperialistic grip” of Britain. He added, informants said, that the United States apparently failed to understand this. ‘A considerable part of Herr Hit-’ ler's statement consisted of an attack on Britain, it was said, and he paid comparatively little- attention to France. Informants represented Herr Hit ler as expressing confidence in Germany's strength and the justice of its cause. He talked to Mr. Welles (Continued on Page * Three)

TRADE DROP BRINGS JOBLESS ROLL GAIN

WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P.). —Curtailed industrial activity and trade brought a sharp increase in unemployment and relief during

sioner F. C. Harrington said today. Unemployment rose 1,000,000 over | December as a result of seasonal influences, decr d agricultural employment and/a general slump in industrial activity. Col. Harrington’ emphasized that the total unemployment approximated the level reached last summer. He did not give total because of dive t estimates.

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January, Work Projects Commis-

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